'Inconsistency' definitions:
Definition of 'inconsistency'
(from WordNet)
noun
The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time [syn: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance]
noun
The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts [ant: consistence, consistency]
Definition of 'Inconsistency'
From: GCIDE
- Inconsistency \In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. Inconsistencies. [Cf. F. inconsistance.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. [1913 Webster]
- There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. [1913 Webster]
- If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Lack of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness. [1913 Webster]
- Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inconsistency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloofness,
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- anarchy,
- antagonism,
- antilogy,
- antinomy,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- asymmetry,
- capriciousness,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- chaos,
- choppiness,
- clashing,
- collision,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- confusion,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- counterposition,
- cross-purposes,
- dappleness,
- departure,
- desultoriness,
- deviability,
- deviation,
- difference,
- differentiation,
- diffusion,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discontinuity,
- discordance,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- disjunction,
- dislocation,
- disorder,
- disparity,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- disproportion,
- disproportionateness,
- dissent,
- dissimilarity,
- dissolution,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversification,
- diversity,
- eccentricity,
- entropy,
- equivocality,
- erraticism,
- far cry,
- fickleness,
- flightiness,
- freakishness,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- heterogeneity,
- hostility,
- illogic,
- illogicality,
- illogicalness,
- impulsiveness,
- inaccordance,
- incoherence,
- incommensurability,
- incompatibility,
- inconclusiveness,
- incongruity,
- inconsonance,
- inconstancy,
- inequality,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inimicalness,
- instability,
- invalidity,
- irrationality,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- jerkiness,
- mercuriality,
- mixture,
- moodiness,
- motleyness,
- mutability,
- nonadhesion,
- noncohesion,
- noncompliance,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformability,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonobservance,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- originality,
- otherness,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- perversity,
- pluralism,
- polarity,
- protest,
- raggedness,
- reasonlessness,
- recalcitrance,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- refractoriness,
- repugnance,
- restlessness,
- scattering,
- self-contradiction,
- senselessness,
- separateness,
- shiftiness,
- showdown,
- unadherence,
- unadhesiveness,
- uncertainty,
- unconformability,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- undependability,
- unevenness,
- unfixedness,
- unlikeness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unpredictability,
- unreasonableness,
- unreliability,
- unscientificness,
- unsettledness,
- unsoundness,
- unstableness,
- unsteadfastness,
- unsteadiness,
- untenableness,
- untenacity,
- variability,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- versatility,
- wantonness,
- wavering,
- waywardness,
- whimsicality